Space-the final frontier

The space shuttle is much larger up close than I expected.  Although I had seen it fly by mounted on the 747 transport plane in the past, I had never been up front and close until visiting the musuem this week.  Very impressive.

Makes me wonder if the shuttle astronauts had the same feeling as Alan Shepard--an astronaut from an earlier age---

• "It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract." 

Space-the final frontier

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